Il Marangon
The Miracle Camera
Non so se torneremo
Franco Fontana
Claps e peraulis
Stefano is a director who is commissioned a film on a subject he considers difficult to stage: poetry. The protagonist of the film he was asked to direct is the poet Rosanna Bertoja. Over fifty years separate Stefano and Rosanna, yet the two share a particular passion, the passion for stones. Stefano has no idea […]
Ulderica, fruta di mont
Ulderica was an unusual child, both courageous and fearful at the same time. Her memories of childhood in the mountains are vivid and joyful, although she has always regarded death with fear. Now Ulderica is a photographer, and she still carries within her the spirit of the little girl she once was. Death and the […]
Sotto l’occhio del tempo
At the Reggia di Venaria Reale, a royal palace outside Turin, the Centre for Conservation and Restoration keeps watch over what time tries to take. From ancient mummies to contemporary art, the objects arrive broken and leave whole. The film listens to the people who spend their days here and work to keep things from […]
Under the Cold Stars
Set in the mountains of northeast Italy, this film may be considered an observational documentary about rural life. Although this is undeniably the case, at the same time Under the cold stars can hardly be considered a documentary: the microcosm on which it focuses appears to be a reflection of a broader reality and perhaps […]
Pozzis, Samarkand
Cocco and Stefano, two unlikely friends united by one goal: to get to Samarkand, from the mountains in northeastern Italy. Cocco is an old biker with a troubled past who dreams of heading east on his ’39 Harley-Davidson. Stefano is a young director who wants to make a film about this adventure and his friend’s […]